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Monday, September 16, 2013

Goodbye to Sis

What fun Laurie & I had spending a week together! It went fast as I knew it would. Flights worked out so that we picked up hubby returning from his genealogy research in Iowa, had him take a quick picture of the two of us and then said goodbye to Laurie as she headed home to a waiting hubby & puppy dog. It had been a year since we'd seen each other & we determined it will never be longer than that. We weren't close as kids--being the oldest I was more a second mom to my brother & sister--but as adults we are truly friends & understand how special family is. We were finishing up cards until time to head for the airport. Here are 2 more we made for the Penny Black Color Challenges. Laurie's card is for Day 5 & mine is Day 4. Fortunately, the rules say shades of the given colors are allowed.

Greta's Card

My background piece is made by stamping Penny Black's "peacock feather", 40-203, in Ultimate Metallic Champagne on textured ivory paper saved from a store bought card. Then I dry embossed it,sponged Memento Peanut Brittle on the edges & added the lace. Sue has me at least thinking about dry embossing every stamped image & so far I've loved it each time. Penny Black's dies "delicate wings", 51-010, were cut from 2 shades of green cardstock. An additional body was cut & wrapped with gold floss. The open areas have Glossy Accents & then the entire butterfly is misted with Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold. Happy Birthday, 2912D, is an older Penny Black wood stamp that I frequently end up using. The 3 green gems were colored with a COPIC to match.

Laurie's Card

Laurie used another Penny Black sticker she said reminded her of the 2 of us as kids except she always wore blue & I wore red.

Thanks so much for taking time to check out my blog. I always love hearing from you. Enjoy the rest of your week.

Two beautiful sisters spending time together, having fun, creating cards, enjoying company - oh, how you'll miss one another! And I agree: no more of this 'once a year' visiting! Time to double, triple or even quadruple those get-togethers, for sure! LOVE the cards you'e shared; both are ever so pretty! All around fabulous post; so glad you let us be part of your 'sister' time!!c

Hello GretaGosh how that photo brought back a memory of 12 months ago for me too!I am so pleased you two had a great time together.You have both created lovely cards in between the talking, how I would have loved to have been part of it.Smiles:)Sue